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ERNEST F. PFLUEGER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

HORSESHOE.

srnclmcecrloiv forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,424, datedNovember 6, 1900.

Application filed April 12, 1900. Serial No. 12,621. (No model.)

To ntZZ whom it rncty Concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST F. PFLUEGER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and Idodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of my horseshoe.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of rubber sole A and sole-plate B, securedtogether. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of sole-plate B. Fig. 4 is a topplan view of rubber sole and steel holder and brace 0, secured together.Fig. 5 is a section on the line w :0, Fig. 4. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 aredetail views of holding-plates G. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of holder0. Fig. 10 is a sectional view showing a modified form of steel holderand brace C with rubber sole A. Fig. 11 is a central longitudinalsection through the complete shoe.

The invention relates to yielding shoes for horses, designed to protectthem from shock when traveling on concrete streetways and hard roads;and the invent-ion consists in the novel construction and combinationsof parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter Adesignates the rubber sole; B, the metallic sole-plate; O, the steelholder and brace for the rubber sole, and D the cloth, leather, orrubber boot portion whereby the shoe is designed to be secured to thehoof without nails.

The sole-plate B is made in ordinary horseshoe form, being, however,large enough to have front and side upward flanges, as indicated at F,to engage the front and sides of the hoof and in this manner protect theboot. In the thin body of the plate are formed the narrow slotways orrecess-bearings e for the reception of the broad thin flanges g of theholding-plates G, which are riveted to the lower portion of the boot. Inthe sole-plate are formed the short small slots h, which are arranged atvarying angles and are designed to receive the prongs of theholding-brace C. K K represent short flanges extending downward anddesigned to assist in holding the sole A in secured position withrelation to said sole-plate.

The sole A is of thick rubber and is usually formed on the steel holder0, this being preferably a thin piece of steel of channeled form or Ushape in cross-section, having the curvature of the shoe and beingdesigned to extend nearly the length thereof, its ends however beingcovered in and protected, as indicated at .2. This steel holding-plateis designed to provide a brace and anchor for the rubber body of theshoe. It is provided with prongs a, which project upward, and havingbeen passed through the short slots h of the soleplate and clenched onits upper surface serve to secure the sole to the sole-plate. Theholding-plate should also have apertures I through its lateral walls inorder to allow a bond to be formed between the outer and inner portionsof the rubber body. For the same reason the prongs a should be formed bystamping them out of the plate in such a manner as to have apertures, asat a. Sometimes, however, I may make the steel holder and brace solid,Fig. 10.

The boot portion D is designed to be attached to the sole-plate by meansof the flanged holding-plates G,which are riveted to its lower portion,as hereinbefore described. It may also be provided with one or twometallic strengtheningbands, extending around it horizontally andriveted to it as well as to the fastening-straps m, whereby the boot issecured on the 1100f.

I usually provide a thin covering of rubber r for the upperbearing-surface of the sole plate.

The only part of this shoe which is subject to abrasive wear is therubber sole A and its holder 0, which are of economic construction andeasily replaced.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination with the rubber sole,and the steel brace and bolderembedded therein, of the boot portion and the sole-plate, connected tosaid boot and holder, substantially as specified.

2. In a horseshoe, the rubber sole and the steel brace and holderembedded in said sole, of channeled form of U shape in cross-section,and having the edges of its lateral walls arranged to form a part of thewearing-surface, Substantially as specified.

In a horseshoe, the rubber sole, and the steel brace and holder ofchanneled horseshoe form of U shape in cross-section and entirelyembedded in said sole with the exception of the edges of its lateralwalls, which are arranged to form part of the wearing surface or tread,substantially as specified.

4. In a horseshoe, the rubber sole and the steel brace and holderembedded in said sole, of channeled horseshoe form of U shape incross-section, having apertures in its side walls for influx of therubber, and having the edges of its lateral walls arranged to form partof the Wearing surface or tread, substantially as specified.

5. In a horseshoe, the combination with the sole-plate adapted to besecured to the hoof of a horse, and having apertures therein, of arubber sole, and a steel brace or holder of channeled form embedded insaid sole, and having attachment projections extending through theapertures of said plate, substantially as specified.

6. In a horseshoe, the combination with the sole-plate adapted to-besecured to the hoof of a horse, and having apertures therein, of arubber sole, and a steel brace or holder of channeled horseshoe formembedded in said sole, and having attachment projections ex tendingthrough the apertures of said plate, substantially as specified.

7. In ahorseshoe, the combination with the boot,havinginwardly-extendingmetallic projections, of a sole-plate, having edge recesses for thereception of said projections, a rnbher sole, and a steel brace andholder embedded in said sole, and means for securing said sole to saidsole-plate, substantially as specified.

8. In a horseshoe, the combination with the boot havinginwardly-extending metallic projections, of a sole-plate having edgerecesses for the reception of said projections, a rubber sole, and asteel brace and holder of channeled form embedded in said sole andhaving attachment projections engaging apertures of said Sole plate,substantially as specified;

9. In a horseshoe, the sole-plate, having attachment devices for arubber sole, and edge recesses for the attachment of a boot portion,substantially as specified.

10. In a horseshoe, the sole-plate having apertures for the attachmentof a rubber sole, and edge recesses for the attachment of a bootport-ion, substantially as specified.

11. The horseshoe, consisting of the rubber sole and its embedded braceand bolder having prongs extending through the rubber, and theedge-flanged sole-plate, having apertures, for the reception of theprongs of the brace and holder, substantially as specifiedv 12. Thehorseshoe comprising the rubber sole, its embedded brace and holderhaving fastening-prongs, the boot portion having the flanged attachmen's-plates, and the sole-plate having apertures for saidfastening-prongs, edge recesses to engage said flangedattachment-plates, and edge flanges to engage the hoof, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST F. PFLUEGER.

Witnesses:

T. W. WAKEMAN, D. GALEHOUSE.

